Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-26

Fine line of double-width dress
goods to be cold at Thursdays sale.
Auction near the bridge.
The majority for Nils P. Haugen,
Republican candidate for congress in the
Eighth district will be from 1900 to
1900.
On Sunday next the Rev. F. A.
Holtzhausen will preach at P NJ. Sub
ject: "St. Peter and the Reign of the
Kingdom"
Read the dissolution notice Of the
firm of Raue & Dohbratz in another COL
umn. Theo Uobbratz retires, and the
business will be carried on in the future
by VIM. Raue.
We acknowledge the receipt of an
invitation to be present at the second
annual party of "The Blues to be given
at Hassam's hall, Lake Mills, Friday
evening, January %.
w. 2. Forsyth, formerly of Jefferson,
is president of a new corporation at Pas
sadena, CAL, organized for the manufact-
ure of sash, doors and blinds, and other
inside furnishings. Buildings will be
erected to contain $4,000 square feet of
space.
The suit of Leonard Owen, before
Judge Colonius at Jefferson, to annul the
will of his father, the late w. P. Owen,
of Ixonia, was decided Yesterday in favor
of The will standing. BY this decision
Miss Hattie Owen inherits the entire es-
tate left by her father.
The Milwaukee wheat market yes
terday was lower, closing at 79c for No. 2
spring and S41sc seller May. Flour was
unchanged and dull Barley sold at 81
| @5114c for No. 2 seller January, 51(0
5115c February, 51A@5115c March and
54(0541ac May. Hogs were steady at
45O@5Oo.
An old fashioned January thaw"
struck this section last Friday and con.
tinued through Saturday, very heavy
rain falling, which melted the snow and
caused the foundation for pedestrians to
BE rather soft, slushy and unteDable But
matters changed around Saturday night
when the weather grew colder and the
roads became solid again, which in con-
nection with the fall of snow Sunday
renders the seighing the best of the
winter thus far.
John Winans, of GAINESVILLE, received
the empty honor of the nomination for
United States senator from the Democratic
caucus last Thursday at Madison. In
his speech accepting the high trust, Mr..
Winans showed up as an ''independent"
in way that must have made his Re-
publican supporters of four years ago
feel badly sold when he said that 'the
only fault that could be found with the
president was that he was not turning
the rascals out fast enough. He hoped
that by the opening of the campaign in
1888, every Office in the land would be
filled by good Democrats"
The members from Jefferson county
have introduced the following bills into
the legislature:
By Mr.. Grimm, to amend the revised
statutes in regard to auctions and auction
GERS. 1t provides that the law shall not
abrogate certain privileges heretofore
granted in charters or otherwise by the
legislature. Also, to amend the revised
statutes in regard to the Incorporation of
the city of Jefferson Also, to amend
chapter 1873. laws 1885, relating to drains.
Also, to authorize the board of supervis-
ors Of any town to appoint town attor-
ney.
By Mr.. Field, providing that a man
who has formed an opinion in regard to
case shall not be disqualified from serv-
ing as Juror in that case, provided he
will swear he believes himself to be able
to render an impartial verdict on the ev-
idence, and provided the judge likewise
be satisfied.
By Mr. Greene, to revise and consoli-
date statutes of 1869, and acts amenda-
tory thereof relating to the Odd Fellows !
Mutual Life Insurance company.
DEpCRNAT